Week-Long Bloomberg TV Series on Africa Starts Monday

Week-Long Bloomberg TV Series on Africa Starts Monday

NEW YORK and LONDON, May 30/PRNewswire/ --

Starting Monday, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) viewers across Europe, the U.K., Africa and the Middle East will get a week-long in depth look at Africa with the special "Emerging Africa." During the special week, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION will broadcast Africa-focused segments on its daily "Emerging Markets" program, plus live hits from the World Economic Forum in Capetown on Thursday, June 5th and a special edition of "Emerging Markets" dedicated to South Africa on Friday, June 6th.

"Emerging Africa" will include reporting from Bloomberg's Johannesburg bureau and locations around the region. The series will explore Africa's mining industry, commodities market, politics, the World Cup 2010 development project and African companies to watch.

The week will feature interviews with the leading experts on the region including Institute for Democratic Alternative Analyst Steven Friedman, FirstRand Bank, Ltd. CEO Sizwe Nxasana, Standard Bank Group, Ltd. CEO John "Jacko" Maree, Impala Platinum CEO David Brown, Arcelor Mittal SA CEO Nonkululeko "Nku" Nyembezi-Heita, Standard Bank Group, Ltd. CEO Goolam Ballim, AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani and Fairfax PLC Mining Analyst John Meyer.

"Emerging Africa" reports can be seen on "Emerging Markets" starting on Monday, June 2nd at 11:30AM GMT. Emerging Markets South Africa Special airs Friday, June 6th at 11:30AM GMT and 1:30PM GMT with repeats throughout the weekend.

This exclusive news and follow up reports are available to the public on BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) and BLOOMBERG RADIO(SM) services worldwide, as well as to users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. Clips from the interviews will be archived and available via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

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